Solomon C. Curtis v. District of Columbia, a Municipal Corporation, Cora A. Geiger and Elizabeth G. Delaney

FAHY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment entered on a jury verdict for the defendants District of Columbia, Cora A. Geiger and Elizabeth G. Delaney, appellees in this court. Appellant, plaintiff in the District Court, sued for damages for injuries consequent upon a fall when walking over a vault the covering of which was part of a public sidewalk in front of property owned by the individual defendants. He alleged that his fall was caused by the projection of a hinge of the covering about an inch above the level of the sidewalk paving. This he contended violated the duty of the…